Birgit Klohs News Today

Certain places in Michigan are losing more jobs than others. It’s the same old story in a state where manufacturing still dominates the economy in some counties.

Local philanthropist David Frey has passed away at 81. He died peacefully on Wednesday, June 14, according to Metcalf & Jonkhoff Funeral Service.

Chalk another one up for Grand Rapids’ New Community Transformation Fund.

The New Community Transformation Fund is investing $500,000 in a groundbreaking medical startup.

A Grand Rapids-based venture fund aimed at boosting businesses owned and/or led by people of color in West Michigan just got $1 million from a private foundation.

After a national search, a Grand Rapids venture fund focused on boosting minority-owned businesses hired its first managing director and soon will be ready to make its first investments.

Michigan Executive Office of the Governor LANSING — Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the following appointments to the Health Information Technology Commission, Mental Health Diversion Council, and the Michigan Workforce Development Board. Health Information Technology Commission Marissa Ebersole-Wood, Ph.D., of Plymouth, is the vice president of regulatory implementation and data governance for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. She earned her Ph.D., Master of Science, and Bachelor of ...

Michigan’s economic development groups avoid controversy, pursue jobs Updated Feb 26, 2021; Posted Feb 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO - The JW Marriott, located at 235 Louis Campau NW, is the citys sixth tallest building at 257 feet high. (Emily Rose Bennett | MLive.com) MLive.com Facebook Share GRAND RAPIDS,MI — They market their region to business looking to expand in Michigan, provide educational services to employers and connect companies to government subsidies designed to spur job creation. Mi...

Grand Rapids Business Journal Courtesy Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority named Kent County Commissioner Emily Brieve to its board of directors. She will serve a three-year term in the general oversight of the airport alongside six other board members, including board chair Dan Koorndyk and vice chair Floyd Wilson Jr., who were reelected to their roles. Birgit Klohs was newly elected as board secretary. “I’m honored to join the boar...

Grand Rapids Business Journal Courtesy The Right Place One year after it was announced, the New Community Transformation Fund has secured $8.5 million from stakeholders looking to invest in Grand Rapids-area companies owned by people of color and is on its way to hitting the $10 million mark. The venture fund NCTF, announced by The Right Place on Jan. 23, 2020, is aimed at boosting businesses owned by people of color in West Michigan, and it is nearing the first organizational milestone of rais...